ELEX recap and ELEX II precap: The story so far

With five factions, an alien race, a♈nd a magic-imbued substance, there's a lot to learn in time for ELEX II

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With ELEX II right around the corner, fans have been doggedly reworking their way through the first game to get a refresher on what's going on with Jax and the planet of Magalan. But if you don't have 60-odd ho🍸urs to play the original ELEX, and if Jax and Magalan merely sound like a Mortal Kombat character and a misnomered dinosaur to you, then here's the story so far as we prepare to enter the world of ELEX II.

SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers for the original ELEX (that's kind of the point!)

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